So, this is what happens:

I press the hotsync button on my USB Tungsten T's cradle. Then I type in "pilot-xfer -l". Then I get the message On my palm it says "Connecting with the desktop using Cradle/Cable".
Then the hotsync times out on the palm, saying it can't connect. Then the terminal reads:OR

I type in "pilot-xfer -l". Then I get the message OR

I type in (as root)Then (as normal user)The curser then sits there blinking, untill I press the hotsync button at which point I get the same as what happens when I [I]don't[I] make the nodes first, but press the hotsync button (which does the same thing)

Kernel: 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4
Distro: Fedora Core 4

Any help please?

It's udev! It takes AGES to set up /dev/ttyUSB1.

Try this: Type in pilot-xfer -l, press HotSync, wait at least five seconds, then hit return.

Works for my T5 with FC3.

Same deal as the top option - no matter how long I wait.

Hmm...

Now mine has stopped working. I don't think I've done a USB sync since I upgraded from FC3.
I remember seeing some bug reports about the visor kernel module interfeering with hot-sync. I'll look in to it.

Thanks . I've never got a USB synch working under Fedora. I had an old Palm Pilot IIIxe syching via old serial on RH9, but thats it .